Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Pinus banksiana Lamb.

Family: Pinaceae

Origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Pinus divaricata (Ait) Gordon, Pinus rupestris Michx. f.

Common names:

Bank's pine (1913, for Sir Joseph Banks, 1743-1820, British botanist) (5)

Banksian pine (1857-1932) (1, 20)

Black jack (1895, Neb) (32)

Black pine (1913) (5)

Gray pine [Grey pine] (1818-1932) (1, 5, 10, 20, 136)

Hudson Bay pine (1840-1913) (5, 19)

Jack pine (1894-Present) (5, 50, 75, 109, 112, 136, 138, 155)

Labrador pine (1913) (5)

Northern scrub pine (1857-1932) (1, 20, 136)

Rock pine (1894-1913) (5, 32, 75)

Scrub pine (1818-1857) (10, 20)

Shore pine (1840-1913) (5, 19, 75)

Shrub pine (1898, Western US) (78)

Unlucky tree (1894-1913, Adirondacks, unlucky esp. for women to stand under this tree) (5, 75)

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